Snap & Zap: Take A Walk On The Wild Side…

For each Snap & Zap I will suggest a new theme so take a new photo or use an existing photo and edit it with any software you like, so…

Create a new post showing the original

What edits have you made?

What software/techniques have you used?

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The theme for this “Snap & Zap…” is Walking.

This is the original photo. Greg walking along the coast near the lighthouse in Torry, Aberdeen.

Walk On The Wild Side – Original

I cropped the photo…

Walk On The Wild Side – Cropped

I then wanted to give the photo a blurry glow and the Sara filter seemed to do this quite well…

Walk On The Wild Side – Sara

Next, I thought a canvas look would look good so I added a canvas fabric overlay…

Walk On The Wild Side – Canvas

I really wanted to get a 3D boxed canvas effect but spent almost an hour trying to find something that would do it that didn’t involve PhotoShop and I failed at that so then I got a little bit carried away with the effects…

Walk On The Wild Side – Got A Little Bit Carried Away

All edits were carried out using http://pixlr.com/express/

Snap & Zap…

This photo is part of my Snap & Zap challenge with the theme Walking.

To see previous posts take a look at the archives or click on “Photo Editing” in the category cloud on this page.

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I’m Steve and live in a village called Alford (home of Emeli Sande & birthplace of the Aberdeen Angus cow) in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
I currently work in the IT industry (yawn)
I just want to share my ideas, findings and general reflections with whoever wants to listen.
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